durabilitas

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós

Proto-Italic *dūros

Latin dūrus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin dūrāre, dūrō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin dūrābilis

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin dūrābilitās

From dūrābilis (“durable, lasting”) + -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [duː.raːˈbɪ.lɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [du.raˈbiː.li.tas]

Noun

dūrābilitās f (genitive dūrābilitātis); third declension

1. durability

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dūrābilitās	dūrābilitātēs
genitive	dūrābilitātis	dūrābilitātum
dative	dūrābilitātī	dūrābilitātibus
accusative	dūrābilitātem	dūrābilitātēs
ablative	dūrābilitāte	dūrābilitātibus
vocative	dūrābilitās	dūrābilitātēs

Related terms

• dūrābilis
• dūrābiliter
• dūrē
• dūrēscō
• dūritās
• dūriter
• dūritia
• dūrō
• dūrus
• indūrō

Descendants

• Catalan: durabilitat
• Old French: durabilité
  • English: durability
  • French: durabilité
• Italian: durabilità
• Occitan: durabilitat
• Portuguese: durabilidade
• Romanian: durabilitate
• Spanish: durabilidad

References

• “durabilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "durabilitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “durabilitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.